Zhong-Ping Jiang is an institute professor at the Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, USA. He received the MSc degree from the University of Paris XI, France, in 1989, and the PhD from the ParisTech-Mines, France, in 1993. His research interests include stability theory, constructive nonlinear control, and learning-based control with applications to information, mechanical, biological, and transportation systems. He is a member of the Academia Europaea and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.